I loathe my own face, and I've done self-portraits because I've had nobody else to do.

Whence we see spiders, flies, or ants entombed and preserved forever in amber, a more than royal tomb.

In order for the light to shine so brightly, the darkness must be present.

The bee enclosed and through the amber shown Seems buried in the juice which was his own.

There is a difference between happiness and wisdom: he that thinks himself the happiest man is really so; but he that thinks himself the wisest is generally the greatest fool.

Why should I be angry with a man for loving himself better than me?

Be so true to thyself, as thou be not false to others.